Sliding door



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T. J. VANDER BENT.

SLIDING DOOR.

Patented June 20, 1893.

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TENNIS J. VANDER BENT, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

SLIDING DOOR.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,766, dated June 20,1893.

I Application filed June 8, 1892. Serial No. 436,022. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, 'IENNIs J. VANDER BENT, a citizen of theNetherlands, and a resident of Jersey City, Hudson county, State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SlidingDoors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sliding doors and has for its object to insurethe simultaneous opening or closing of both doors of a pair and themovement of one door by the power ap- The two doors I I slide back andforth to and from each other on any suitable guide or upon any suitableguiding rail not necessary here to be shown. To each door is pivoted anarm and both the said arms are pivoted to each other. Thus, as shown,there are two arms A B, the arm A being pivoted to a bracket a, securedthe the door I, and the arm B, being pivoted to a bracket 1), secured tothe door I, and one of the arms is forked to receive the head of theother and boththe meeting ends of the arms are adapted to receive ascrew-bolt or pin 3 passing through the arms into a sliding block E, orotherwise suitably guided and adapted to move vertically up and down.

One form of guide D is shown in the form of a slotted plate 1, having abacking piece 2, and adapted vto be inserted in an opening in the sidewall or otherwise connected to any suitable support, the block E slidingbetween the plates 1 and 2, and the pin 3 projecting through a slot y inthe plate 1.

Any movement to open or close one of the doors will exert a thrust ordraft upon one of the arms thatwill cause the meeting ends of the twoarms to be either thrust upward or downward exerting a similar actionupon the other arm so that the opposite door will be moved to or fromthat which is being operated. By this means the movements of the twodoors are simultaneous and any power applied to open or close one doorwill be transferred to the other with likeeffect.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement ofparts shown and 7 described, I claim 1. The combination with a pair ofsliding doors of two arms connected each to one of the doors, andtogether connected to a movable guide, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the doors I, I, arms A, B, each connected to oneof the doors, block E and guide D, substantially as set forth.-

3. The combination of the sliding doors, arms A, B, block E and slottedguide plate 1 adapted to be secured to a suitable support,

substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

TENNIS J. VANDER BENT.

"Witnesses:

GEO. F. MARTIN, R. S. ZONEE.

